This initiative aims to enable locals to become agro-entrepreneurs in the heart of the capital of Cyprus, Nicosia, so that the city can become a catalyst for sustainable action. The garden aims to become a social hub in the city and create new work opportunities for the neighbourhood and more. The design of the garden …
Greenovation is an environmental volunteering team that was founded in 2014 at Pervolia village, in Larnaca district. The idea of this group of people is a greener, cleaner and more environmentally friendly village. The goal is to create and to promote environmental awareness, promote issues such as waste generation reduction and its arbitrary rejection. Click …
The commissioners for the Environments, the Commissioner for Volunteerism & NGOs, the Department of Forests, the Union of Cyprus Communities and the Cyprus Association for forests, have established the “Greening Cyprus” initiative. This aims the active citizenship by organizing groups of people from companies/organisations for voluntary work as well as financial support in relation to …
Organization Earth is a Greek non-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO) founded in 2010. Its mission is to establish the concept of Sustainable Development, as defined by the United Nations’ 17 Global Goals, through the provision of experiential, non-formal education for sustainable development for all ages. Organization Earth pursues this mission, by designing and facilitating experiential, non-formal …
The Green Tank is an independent, non-profit think tank developing policy solutions for a sustainable future. The work of the organisation relates to the three pillars of sustainable development: environment – economy – society, with emphasis on: Biodiversity conservation and the sustainable management of natural resources and ecosystems Climate change mitigation and adaptation, decarbonization with …
The Ecological Movement of Patras (OIKIPA) is a grassroots environmental organisation based in Patras, the third in population city of Greece, and was founded in the April of 1986, just after the Chernobyl accident. It is a non-profit organisation and the goals of its founding declaration are: The information and sensitivisation and mobilization of the …
ECOCITY is a Greek Environment NGO founded 2004, with 2.870 Members-Volunteers & programs such as Ecomobility, Oikopolis, Ecocamp. An active member of the EEB and MIO-ECSDE. ECOCITY is an urban non-profit organization, established in Athens in 2004. It later expanded to Thessaloniki and Patras. Its function and organization are based on voluntary participation and contribution, …
ELLINIKI ETAIRIA – Society for the Environment & Cultural Heritage, has been active in the fight for the preservation of the environmental and cultural heritage of Greece since 1972. Click here
The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) is one of the world’s leading private, international philanthropic organizations, making grants to nonprofit organizations in the areas of arts and culture, education, health and sports, and social welfare. SNF funds organizations and projects worldwide that aim to achieve a broad, lasting, and positive impact for society at large, and …
The John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation is a non-profit organisation established in 2005. The Foundation plans, manages and funds programmes that cover a broad range of fields, including social welfare and community development. The John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation is the main funder for the creation of the Metropolitan Park of Hellinikon, which …